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Calls: LiME Conference on Language Variation

Fri, 04/25/2025 - 22:05
Call for Papers: LiME, the Linguistics & Language Variation group at the Meertens Institute in Amsterdam invites abstracts for the first edition of the LiME Conference on Language Variation (LiCLA 1). The conference will take place in Amsterdam on 17–18 September 2025. Variation and change are key properties of natural language. Not surprisingly, then, these dynamic features have generated large bodies of linguistic research, in different subdisciplines and in different paradigms of lingui

Confs: Tunghai University 2025 International Conference on Second Language Teaching and Research

Fri, 04/25/2025 - 22:05
Tunghai University 2025 International Conference on Second Language Teaching and Research Venue: Language Building, Tunghai University, Taiwan Organizers: Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, International Graduate Program of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, English Language Center, Chinese Language Center, Tunghai University Co-Sponsors: NSTC, R&D Office, and College of Arts, Tunghai University Conference Theme: A second language (L2), in its broad sense, refers to any la

Calls: XIth Congress of the International Society for Dialectology and Geolinguistics

Fri, 04/25/2025 - 22:05
2nd Call for Papers: The Deadline for the SIDG congress 'Dialectology across borders' has been extended (see: https://sidg.dsa.info/call-for-papers/). The new deadline is now May 31, 2025. We are looking forward to your submission.

Diss: Salish; Comox, Lillooet; Morphology, Phonology: "The grammar of Salish reduplication" (Mellesmoen 2025)

Fri, 04/25/2025 - 21:05
This dissertation proposes a model of the spell-out component of the grammar that accounts for the form and position of reduplicative morphemes across all twenty-three Salish languages. The model integrates components of Prosodic Morphology and Moraic Theory, Generalised Nonlinear Affixation, and Stratal Optimality Theory. Its empirical basis is a comprehensive survey of reduplication across the Salish language family, including both published and archival sources. The survey is supplemented by

Confs: 9th International Conference on Discourse Markers in Romance Language

Fri, 04/25/2025 - 21:05
We are pleased to announce the 9th International Conference on "Discourse Markers in Romance Languages", which will take place from June 10 to 12, 2026, at the University of Oviedo (Spain). Submissions should be made via the EasyChair platform at https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=disrom9 from May 5 to September 30, 2025. For more information about the conference, please visit the conference website.

Calls: Anales de Lingüística - "Neurocognitive Linguistics" (Jrnl)

Fri, 04/25/2025 - 21:05
Call for papers for special issue: Neurocognitive Linguistics The journal Anales de Lingüística announces the call for papers for the special issue “Neurocognitive Linguistics”. The aim of this issue is to bring together research from the fields of linguistics and cognitive sciences that have as their theoretical framework of reference the neurocognitive model of language created by Sydney M. Lamb, also known as Relational Network Theory (RNT). We invite original research papers that explor

Confs: Register and Task Variation in Learner Corpus Research

Fri, 04/25/2025 - 20:05
We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the Register and task variation in Learner Corpus Research conference (VAR4LCR), which will take place on 7 and 8 July 2025 in Louvain-la-Neuve.     The conference will mark the closing of the Hoover Seedfund project on "Learner Corpus Research and Register Variation", a collaborative initiative between the Centre for English Corpus Linguistics at UCLouvain and the Department of English at Northern Arizona University.     KEYNOTE S

Calls: AI-Linguistica - Special Issue: “The Notion of Authenticity in Human/AI Hybrid Productions.”

Fri, 04/25/2025 - 20:05
Call for Papers: Editors : Sophia Burnett (Université de Lorraine) et Sílvia Lima Gonçalves Araújo (Universidade do Minho) The notion of authenticity is linked to those of identity and truth. Today, it is being reconfigured in the context of hybrid productions between humans and artificial intelligence. While the general public tends to perceive artificial intelligence as a whole greater than the sum of its parts, it is important to recall that this gestalt—referring merely to the generat

Calls: Research Synthesis in Applied Linguistics (Jrnl)

Fri, 04/25/2025 - 20:05
Research Synthesis in Applied Linguistics is a new international journal published by Taylor & Francis. It publishes three types of paper: 1. Research Synthesis: Reviews done systematically (with a method section) on any topic in applied linguistics (8,000 - 20,000 words) 2. Research Synthesis Protocol: Study plans for planned or ongoing research syntheses (2,500 - 4,000 words) 3. Methodological Article: Discussions and reflections on methodological issues related to conducting research syn

Confs: NLPerspectives: The 4th Workshop on Perspectivist Approaches to NLP

Fri, 04/25/2025 - 19:05
Until recently, language resources supporting many tasks in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and other areas of Artificial Intelligence (AI) have been based on the assumption of a single ‘ground truth’ label sought via aggregation, adjudication, or statistical means. However, the field is increasingly focused on subjective and controversial tasks, such as quality estimation or abuse detection, in which multiple points of view may be equally valid; subjectivity, indeed, is considered one of the

Confs: International Conference: Ethnolinguistic Debates

Fri, 04/25/2025 - 19:05
The Faculty of Ethnolinguistics at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, and the Prof. Tadeusz Zgółka Foundation would like to invite you to participate in the International Conference ETHNOLINGUISTIC DEBATES "Language in Cultures, Cultures in Languages" which will take place on 15-16 September 2025 in Poznań, Poland. The conference envisages a hybrid mode (stationary in Poznań and online). We cordially invite researchers in linguistics, cultural anthropology, sociology and cultural theory, l

Calls: VocUM 2025: Play on Words, Words on Play

Fri, 04/25/2025 - 19:05
Call for Papers: VocUM is an international conference organized annually by students of Université de Montréal from different fields of study relating to language. It is the only multidisciplinary conference in Montreal dedicated to language. Its mission is to provide a platform for young researchers to display their findings and foster meaningful discussions across diverse disciplines. By engaging in the annual student conference, participants have the opportunity not only to refine their or

Confs: Giornata di studi sul contatto linguistico in ricordo di Remo Bracchi

Fri, 04/25/2025 - 18:05
Meeting Description: On behalf of the organizing committee, we would like to draw your attention to the conference entitled "Giornata di studi sul contatto linguistico in ricordo di Remo Bracchi ("A Conference on Language Contact in Memory of Remo Bracchi") which will be held in Messina on May 5, 2025. The conference language is Italian. The conference is organized by the Department of Ancient and Modern Civilizations of the University of Messina and the Department of Humanities of the Uni

Calls: Linguistica Antverpiensia - "Human-centered augmented machine translation" (Jrnl)

Fri, 04/25/2025 - 18:05
Call for Papers: Recent language technology developments have disrupted the translation and interpreting professions. However, the focus has been on using more computational power and training larger language models (do Carmo & Moorkens, 2022), often neglecting the needs of users of such technology (Birhane et al., 2022). According to Shneiderman (2022), the goal of technology development has been the creation of an intelligent agent that emulates human behaviour to increase automation. As

Calls: Digital Studies in Language and Literature (DSLL) (Jrnl)

Fri, 04/25/2025 - 18:05
Call for Papers: DSLL welcomes all submissions in line with the aims and scope below. Accepted articles will be published via fully sponsored Open Access through a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY-4.0) License, so your research will be freely available for all to read and download. Aims and Scope DSLL provides a platform for scholars, researchers, educators, and practitioners to explore and share their insights, discoveries, and innovations in language and literature involving digital

FYI: Call for Nominations: Glossa Psycholinguistics Editors in Chief

Thu, 04/24/2025 - 01:05
Dear Colleagues, Glossa Psycholinguistics is seeking nominations for two Editors in Chief (EiC). The EiC(s) will have overall responsibility for management and creative direction of the journal. Leadership and management of the journal is team-based, and involves substantial support from the team of Associate Editors, as well as the Managing Editors (out-going Editors in Chief). The role involves managing all aspects of journal finances, submissions, review, copy-editing and publication. This

Summer Schools: Zurich Corpus Linguistics Summer School 2025 (August 25–29, 2025)

Thu, 04/24/2025 - 01:05
Focus: Corpus Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Python, Digital Humanities Description: The Zurich Summer School in Corpus Linguistics and Pragmatics (ZuKoKo) invites applications from PhD students, postdocs, and MA students for one of 30 available spots! Over five days, participants will explore the acquisition, processing, and analysis of linguistic data. The program includes a tailored introduction to Python for corpus research and hands-on training in data-driven linguistic analysis.

Software: Corpus collection apps

Thu, 04/24/2025 - 01:05
Dear colleagues, It is my pleasure to announce that a number of corpus collection tools that I've been developing over the past few years are now available from the following web page: https://corpustools.prendrelangue.fr/ Any feedback will be greatly appreciated! Best regards, Florent Moncomble

TOC: Sign Language & Linguistics Vol. 28, No. 1 (2025)

Thu, 04/24/2025 - 00:05
2025. iii, 182 pp. Table of Contents Articles The interaction of syntax, non-manuals, and prosodic cues as potential topic markers in Austrian Sign Language Julia Krebs, Ronnie B. Wilbur, Dietmar Roehm & Evie A. Malaia | pp. 1–48 The indefinite-interrogative affinity in Catalan Sign Language (LSC) Raquel Veiga Busto, Marco Degano & Floris Roelofsen | pp. 49–103 Structure of simple declarative clauses in South African Sign Language Ella Wehrmeyer | pp. 104–139 Dissertation a

TOC: Translation, Cognition & Behavior Vol. 7, No. 2 (2025)

Thu, 04/24/2025 - 00:05
2024. iii, 148 pp. Table of Contents Articles Effects of experience and directionality on cognitive load in dialogue interpreting Aleksandra Adler | pp. 187–208 Morphological complexity as a predictor of cognitive effort in neural machine translation post-editing Hussein Abu-Rayyash & Shatha Alhawamdeh | pp. 209–238 Adaptability in metaphors for translators’ self-concepts Chiara Astrid Gebbia | pp. 239–264 Effects of raters’ nativeness and interpreting expertise on the asse

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